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  • RWE Innogy Holds Naming Ceremony for Its New Offshore Installation Vessels (Germany)

    21 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    During a festive ceremony in Bremerhaven today, RWE Innogy is naming one of its two offshore installation vessels. The vessel “Victoria Mathias” will build the wind farm “Nordsee Ost” around 30 kilometres north of the island of Heligoland from its base port Bremerhaven. The wind power station with an installed output of 295 megawatts can […]

  • E.ON sells Norwegian E&P business for $1.6 billion

    14 October 2015
    Business & Finance

    German energy company E.ON has agreed to sell its Norwegian exploration and production business for $1.6 billion to DEA Deutsche Erdoel AG. Under the agreement, DEA Deutsche Erdoel AG, formerly know as RWE Dea, will obtain equity interests in 43 licenses including a 28 percent interest in Skarv and a 30 percent interest in Njord […]

  • UK: Subsea 7 Wins Fram Development Contract from Shell

    21 January 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Subsea 7 S.A. announced it has been awarded a project worth approximately US$135 million by Shell U.K. Ltd as part of Shell’s Fram oil and gas development in the Central North Sea. The project encompasses the engineering, procurement, fabrication and installation of a 4.5km pipeline bundle of approximately 44” in diameter, with integrated manifolds and […]

  • Subsea 7 Wins $135 Mln Pipeline Bundle Contract from Shell (UK)

    21 January 2013

    Subsea 7 S.A. today announced it has been awarded a project worth approximately US$135 million by Shell U.K. Ltd as part of Shell’s Fram oil and gas development in the Central North Sea. The project encompasses the engineering, procurement, fabrication and installation of a 4.5km pipeline bundle of approximately 44” in diameter, with integrated manifolds […]

  • Odfjell Drilling-managed rig to spud wildcat pair offshore Norway

    9 May 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy

    OMV Norge, a Norwegian subsidiary of Austria-headquartered oil and gas player OMV, has received a drilling permit from the country’s authorities for a wildcat well duo in the Norwegian Sea, enabling it to undertake drilling activities this month with a semi-submersible rig managed by Odfjell Drilling.

  • The Netherlands: IJmuiden Dredging Plan Unveiled

    17 January 2014

    Rijkswaterstaat Programma’s Projecten en Onderhoud has announced the details about the IJmuiden dredging plans. This development program will include maintenance dredging of the access channels and approach areas in the North Sea and in the outer harbour of IJmuiden. The Rijkswaterstaat’s dredging plan will also consist of the foreshore supplement work of Bloemendaal Zandvoort and […]

  • McDermott Opens New UK Base

    8 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    McDermott International, an engineering, procurement, construction and installation (“EPCI”) company focused on executing complex offshore oil and gas projects worldwide, has officially opened its new UK Office. McDermott’s new office in Epsom, near London, has the latest technology in a bright modern environment with a networking café. According to the company’s social media, the new […]

  • Vos Prodect Delivers First Cable Hang-Off System to NSW (Germany)

    14 March 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Vos Prodect is about to deliver cable hang-off systems to be installed in an offshore wind farm project, which is located in the North Sea. “Our Cable hang-off systems have been approved with a final acceptance test and packed in accordance with the requirements“, said the company. Vos Prodect was contracted for the supply of […]

  • Aker Kvaerner to deliver Pusnes mooring equipment to Gjøa

    1 May 2007

    Aker Kvaerner has been awarded a contract for delivery of mooring winches and fairleads for Statoil’s Gjøa semisubmersible platform. The total contract value for Aker Kvaerner is approximately NOK 90 million. The work will be undertaken by the Aker Kvaerner subsidiary, Aker Kvaerner Pusnes in Arendal. The contract involves supply of on-vessel mooring equipment for […]

  • Stril Explorer Secures EXXON Mobil Gig

    15 April 2014
    Business & Finance

    Reach Subsea has entered into a contract with EXXON Mobil for the vessel Stril Explorer for light construction work in the North Sea. Further, Reach Subsea has entered into new cooperation contracts with MMT for delivery of ROV-services. Total contract value is approximately $2.5 million. Stril Explorer is a DP2 multi-purpose support vessel with a […]

  • TechnipFMC to Supply Subsea Equipment for Snorre Expansion

    21 December 2017
    Project & Tenders

    TechnipFMC has secured an Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) contract from Statoil for the Snorre Expansion Project. The contract follows from Statoil’s announcement about submitting the plan for development and operation of the Snorre Expansion Project to Norwegian authorities. In addition Statoil said it awarded NOK 9 billion worth of contract for the development, including the contract awarded […]

  • VIDEO: FPSO Petrojarl Knarr sails away

    10 November 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    As reported last week, Teekay’s Petrojarl Knarr floating, production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) left the Aibel yard in Haugesund, Norway. Teekay Corporation has published a video of Petrojarl Knarr’s sailaway.  The FPSO Petrojarl Knarr last week received an Acknowledgement of Compliance (AoC) from Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), meaning that the unit is approved for work on the Norwegian Continental […]

  • Egdon to Drill in N. Sea Offshore Licence from Onshore Location

    4 April 2013

    UK’s Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) has awarded Egdon Resources a licence covering offshore blocks 41/18 and 41/19 located adjacent to the North Yorkshire coast. The licence, awarded as a result of 26th UK Seaward Licensing Round, will be a Traditional Licence with Egdon Resources U.K. Limited holding 100% interest and Operatorship. Only […]

  • Ruukki broadens its solutions for the wind power industry (Germany)

    2 July 2010
    Business & Finance

    Ruukki has agreed with the Norwegian company Aker Verdal AS on the delivery of steel structures for the Nordsee Ost wind farm project to be built offshore from Germany in the North Sea. Steel structure deliveries for the jacket foundations of offshore wind turbines are a new entry for Ruukki. Offshore wind turbine towers are […]

  • Subsea in February

    3 March 2016
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Subsea World News has gathered all the highlights to bring you a summarized version of the most popular articles from the previous month. In February, the industry was saddened by the death of a young diver from Karmoy, who reportedly ran out of air after getting stuck underwater during maintenance work on a platform at Westcon’s shipyard in […]

  • Ineos to restart Forties pipeline after another shutdown

    8 February 2018

    UK-based Ineos is working to restart its Forties pipeline, which carries the North Sea oil and gas to shore, following an automatic shutdown. 

  • Kent demystifying oil & gas decarbonization economics

    19 August 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy

    Dubai-headquartered engineering and services company Kent is developing a comprehensive report aiming to offer guidance for determining the cost of decarbonization, including its societal aspect, in the upstream oil and gas industries on behalf of the London-based Energy Institute.

  • IOG eyes FPSO for Skipper field development. Cronx, Elgood reserves could double

    25 June 2015
    Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Independent Oil and Gas plc (IOG), the North Sea focused oil and gas company, has informed that discussions with certain FPSO providers are ongoing for the Skipper field development located in licence P1609 in the UK North Sea.  The licence was awarded in 2009 and currently Alpha Petroleum Resources Ltd is operator with 50% stake while IOG has […]

  • PSA Norway Approves Statoil to Use Navion Europa on Volve Field

    4 August 2011
    Business & Finance

    Statoil has received consent for temporary use of Volve with the Navion Europa vessel for storage of oil. Volve is an oil field located in the southern part of the North Sea, about eight kilometres north of Sleipner Øst. The water depth in the area is approx. 80 metres. The field was developed with the […]

  • New Contracts for SeaBird’s Vessels

    14 March 2014
    Business & Finance

    SeaBird Exploration Plc (SeaBird) said that the company has secured three contracts with a combined estimated duration of 40 days and a value of approximately USD 5 million. The first contract is for the seismic vessel Harrier Explorer which has been awarded a two-month extension to the current contract in the North Sea. The vessel will […]

  • Technip Bags Subsea Contract for Chevron’s Alder Field

    29 July 2013
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Technip was awarded by Chevron North Sea Ltd a substantial engineering, procurement, installation and construction (EPIC) contract for the Alder field. Chevron is developing the Alder field as a subsea tieback to the Britannia Bridge Link Platform (BLP). This field is located in the central North Sea, about 200 kilometers North-East of Aberdeen, Scotland, at […]

  • OMM Nets Five-Year Nordsee Ost Wind Farm Contract

    15 July 2015
    Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Offshore Marine Management (OMM) has been awarded a contract by RWE Innogy to deliver cable repair and an option for maintenance services to the German Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm. The five-year agreement will involve OMM working in collaboration with the firm to provide essential structural and subsea services on its 295MW farm, situated close […]

  • Nexen Green Light for Buzzard 2

    7 August 2018
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Nexen Petroleum UK has announced that the Buzzard Phase II (BPII) project has received full sanction from partners and the ‘Field Development Plan’ has been approved by the UK Oil and Gas Authority. The define stage, which included the front-end engineering design of the development, was completed in June. BPII is using an integrated project […]

  • PSA looks into Brage emergency preparedness

    8 January 2015
    Equipment, Project & Tenders

    The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has carried out an audit of emergency preparedness and radio and telecommunications systems at Brage field, in the North Sea.  Wintershall Norge AS (Wintershall) is the operator on the Brage field, which is an oil field in the northern North Sea, approx. 13 kilometres east of Oseberg. Brage has been […]

  • Floating solar market will be as big as onshore solar sector, says Oceans of Energy CEO

    15 January 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Environment, Infrastructure, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Technology, Transition, Vision

    The industry needs to start shifting its focus from wind farms to energy farms as we have limited space which we need to make use of in an efficient way. A synergy of offshore wind and floating solar is the way to go. “If you only fill 20% of wind farm space with floating solar, […]